Comp Club Terms
A story that is not true
What is Fiction?
A story about aliens
What is Science Fiction?
A narrator that tells their own story
What is 1st Person?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence
What is alliteration?
"ah-choo!"
What is onomatopoeia?
Categories of different kinds of books
What is Genre?
A fictional story about a soldier fighting in the Civil War
What is Historical Fiction?
"I knew that my mom was going to get me a gift. She always spoils me on my birthday."
What is 1st Person?
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
"The wind howled as it rushed through the alley."
What is personification?
Who draws pictures for a book?
What is an illustrator?
A fictional story about a boy who attends a school for wizards
What is Fantasy?
A narrator that reveals only one character's thoughts
What is 3rd Person Limited?
The use of words to mimic sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
"The little girl laughed at the large piece of lollipop she left in the library."
A story based on fact
What is Non-Fiction?
A fictional story about a detective who follows clues through an abandoned house
What is a mystery?
"When Armondo arrived at the pool, he was nervous to meet his new friends. Little did he know, Maria was equally nervous as she arrived at the pool."
What is 3rd Person Omniscient?
An exaggerated statement to emphasize a point
What is a hyperbole?
"The student caused the teacher to roll with laughter."
What is idiom?
A library's organizational tool
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
A book about Nelson Mandela and his time in prison
What is Informational?
The narrator reveals all the thoughts of all the characters throughout the book
What is 3rd Person Omniscient?
An expression that cannot be taken literally
What is an idiom?
"The ocean was a blanket of comfort for the surfer."
What is metaphor?